Posts Tagged ‘Hotel’

We had a bit of a trip ahead of us to get from Borneo to Singapore. Remember that thunderstorm which got us completely soaking wet after we saw the orangutans? Well, it made for a very slow taxi ride to the airport and a fairly bumpy flight back to Kuala Lumpur. It was 11 pm or so by the time we got in and we had to be on a train to Singapore early the next morning.

Justin did an awesome job planning this segment because he found us a hotel right by the airport, meaning we could get to bed right away and still be near transportation to the train station the next morning. What he found was Tune hotels, which are a little different than normal hotels. I don’t have any pictures, but I’ll try to describe it the best I can. Or, just click on the link and look at their description.

Basically, it’s a hotel modeled after a budget airline. So you get a really cheap, really tiny room, and anything else you might want has an extra cost associated with it. The beds were some of the best we encountered in our travels, the shower was awesome, very clean, etc., but hardly enough space for us and our backpacks. Especially since we had wet, muddy clothes we wanted to hang up from the jungle! We didn’t need many of the add-ons. In fact, we paid about 32 cents each, each direction, to get the shuttle from the airport to the hotel and about 65 cents to have a towel provided since we wanted to keep ours dry. And that was it!

I’m not sure how a place like that would be for a longer stay, but for what we needed it was perfect. I have never seen this concept anywhere else, but it looks from their website like they are an international chain. So who knows, maybe this will be the next big thing!

After two very long days we’ve made it to my parents’ house on Bainbridge Island, WA. I won’t say much about yesterday except that it involved shots, cleaning and saying goodbye to Daisy. Not my favorite.

We managed to leave the Bay Area at around 3:30 p.m. after stopping at Barefoot Coffee for a little caffeine fix. After a four hour or so drive we made it to Anderson, CA which is just south of Redding, CA. Justin found us a great deal on a hotel and it turned out to be a really nice place. If you’re ever driving through we recommend it highly. It was the Gaia Shasta Hotel.

Our room

They also had a yummy all-you-can-eat breakfast (I seem to be getting a lot of those lately!) for $3.50 a person.

Yummy Breakfast!

11 hours, a double rainbow, and a rainbow that appeared to end in our car later we arrived safe and sound on Bainbridge Island. Now we have a few days to relax and see family (Justin’s parents are arriving shortly!!! This is so GREAT!!!) and then we head to New Zealand on Saturday.